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Numismatics ID number: BIRBI-MH0069 Object type: Coin Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D.; Mardin Hoard Maker: Anonymous; Constantinople Denomination: Follis Place made: Eurasia: Istanbul Culture: Byzantine; Turkman Date made: c.1075-c.1080 Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 2.60 Weight (g): 4.65 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 8151, January 1976. |
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Description: Obverse: Bust of Christ (Type VIIb) facing, with long, slightly forked beard, with cross nimbus having · in each arm, wearing tunic and himation; holding book with ornamentation (:·:) on cover; nomina sacra to l. and r. of Christ. Reverse: Latin cross with one large and two small pellets at each extremity, small cross at intersection, and pellet with floral ornaments to l. and r. at base. Above, crescents to l. and r. Inscriptions: Obverse: IC XC (Jesus Christ). Reverse: None. Bibliography: DOC III.2.I.37
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| Constantinople Roman;Byzantine | |
| Mardin Hoard | |
| Whitting, Philip David British 1903 1988 | |
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